van der Meer Surname

21,712th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 25,067 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

van der Meer Surname Definition:

(Dutch/Flemish), of the Lake. Meerman, Lake-man.

van der Meer Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands22,6531:74528
Australia7931:34,0424,490
South Africa2651:204,44421,800
Canada1941:189,92618,713
Belgium1121:102,64915,579
New Zealand981:46,2077,572
England971:574,41334,909
France931:714,22389,679
United States871:4,166,195223,594
Germany821:981,77468,040
Spain771:607,16928,212
Thailand671:1,054,304158,943
Brazil671:3,195,13992,032
Switzerland581:141,60213,683
Denmark501:112,89410,491
Suriname451:12,2803,102
Chile281:629,16015,000
Sweden281:351,67024,678
Hungary201:490,81431,291
Wales151:206,30213,003
Qatar121:196,50026,891
Mexico111:11,284,20041,789
Norway91:571,36544,190
Italy81:7,644,586115,463
Slovakia81:667,05668,191
Scotland81:669,22723,443
Venezuela71:4,314,86839,591
Ecuador71:2,272,26423,377
Turkey61:12,970,237144,247
Malaysia51:5,898,845196,803
Iceland51:76,0184,442
Bahrain41:337,1526,054
Mozambique41:6,815,3924,272
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Finland41:1,374,17650,379
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Croatia31:1,409,53570,997
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Andorra21:41,9191,654
Ukraine21:22,761,348425,733
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Namibia21:1,204,70016,113
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
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PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States131:3,862,976168,604

van der Meer Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Dutch/Flemish), of the Lake. Meerman, Lake-man.

— Surnames (1857) by Bernard Homer Dixon
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van der Meer Demographics

Average van der Meer Salary in
United States

$57,292 USD

Per year
Rank:
242,251 of 1,180,305
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
2.0153E-6
Rank: 946,322 of 1,181,369
Percentage of national average salary:
132.77%
Sample size: 3 (2014)

Average Salary in
United States

$43,149 USD

Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD

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van der Meer Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name van der Meer Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname van der Meer is held by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of van der Meer.

How Common Is The Last Name van der Meer? popularity and diffusion

The surname van der Meer is the 21,712th most commonly used family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 290,723 people. The surname van der Meer occurs predominantly in Europe, where 93 percent of van der Meer are found; 92 percent are found in Western Europe and 91 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

van der Meer is most frequently occurring in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 22,653 people, or 1 in 745. In The Netherlands van der Meer is mostly found in: South Holland, where 35 percent are found, North Holland, where 16 percent are found and Friesland, where 14 percent are found. Barring The Netherlands van der Meer exists in 56 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 3 percent are found and South Africa, where 1 percent are found.

van der Meer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of van der Meer has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 669 percent between 1880 and 2014.

van der Meer Last Name Statistics demography

The amount van der Meer earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 44.82% less than the national average, earning 190,962 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 36.25% more than the national average, earning R 323,784 per year; in United States they earn 32.78% more than the national average, earning $57,292 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.73% more than the national average, earning $51,041 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van der Mee96565/
van de Meer9686/
van der Mer9642/
van der Meere9617/
van der Meyer962/
van der Meier961/
van der Mheer961/
van der Moer9295/
van der Meet9240/
van der Mere9215/
von der Meer9210/
van der Mier921/
van der Maer921/
van de Meert921/
van de Mer911/
van der Mey87938/
van der Mei87517/
van de Moer87147/
van de Mert8754/
van der Mir872/
van de Mier871/
van der Meu871/
van der Meij833,942/
van der Mije83225/
van der Meys83101/
van der Mech8314/
Van-Der-Meer838/
van der Meis838/
van der Moir834/
van der Mest832/
van der Meid832/
van der Ma821/
van de Mey821/
van der Meijs80974/
van der Mesch801/
van de Meij785/
Van-Der-Mer783/
von der Mey783/
van der Mij782/
van der Mescht772,933/
van de Ma761/
van der Maai755/
van der Mais751/
van der Mijs751/
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